Geography of Income and Education Inequalities in Mexico: Evidence from Small Area Estimation and Exploratory Spatial Analysis

Matthieu Clément () and Lucie Piaser ()
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Matthieu Clément: University of Bordeaux
Lucie Piaser: University of Bordeaux

The European Journal of Development Research, 2022, vol. 34, issue 2, No 5, 703-732

Abstract: Abstract This article examines the spatial distribution of income and education inequalities and their association in Mexico, focusing on the municipal level. We rely on a small area estimation methodology to construct measures of income inequality that are representative at the municipal level. We also construct variables accounting for education inequality. Based on these variables and on an exploratory spatial analysis, we emphasize a negative association between income and education inequalities, particularly salient among the poor and ethnically diverse municipalities from the southern states such as Oaxaca. Moreover, results from spatial econometrics analyses reveal the existence a U-inverted association between these two types of inequalities. Our results are discussed in relation to education returns, employment opportunities and migration.

Keywords: Income inequality; Education inequality; Ethnic diversity; Small area estimation; Exploratory spatial analysis; Mexico (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 I24 O15 O54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1057/s41287-021-00386-0

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